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of newly built and very modern ships property of the large ship-owner
company “Ernst Jacob” is the double hull oil tanker Urals
Star. The vessel has a deadweight of 114,847 metric tons, a length
of 253.5 meters and a beam of 44 meters. The depth of the oil tanker
is 21 meters. The Gross tonnage of Urals Star is 63,700 metric tons
and the Net tonnage is 34,900 metric tons. This means that TOC of
the oil tanker of Ernst Jacob company is 100,5 t. That value is
important for loading and discharging of the vessel because due
to this value you may understand what will be draft of the ship
in exact loading. The ship may reach a speed of 15.6 knots, but
the optimal cruising speed of Urals Star is 14.2 knots, which is
absolutely enough for the ship with that measurements and that type
of cargo. The main engine of the oil tanker is Wartsila 24.000 BHP
with power of 17,650 kW at 94 rpm. The auxiliary engines are three
on count STX Man B&W each with 960 kW power. The propeller of
Urals Star is Control Pitch, which is very easy for use and very
maneuverable with speed. The boilers that the oil tanker is equipped
with are two numbers Aalborg-Mision TM OL Oil Fired, each with capacity
of 3 tons per hour.
Urals
Star is oil tanker operated by HTG-Hamburg Tanker GmbH. The ship-yard
that took the ambitious idea to build this vessel is
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. They did their
work very good in comparison with many other ships, who had been
constructed in the same yard. Urals Star had filled all the necessary
requirements of IMO and also is certified by Britain’s Lloyd
Register. That is very important for the ship, mostly because the
flag that Urals Star is sailing under the Liberian flag. The ship
has Ice class 1A FS. The regions where this vessel is sailing are
not so often filled with snow and ice, but Urals Star is not sailing
on regular routes, so this means that the next port may be somewhere
in the north latitudes.
The
oil tanker Urals Star has 12 cargo tanks, all double hulled, which
is a basic requirement of IMO for tankers built after 2004. The
ship’s tanks have capacity of 124,587.4 cubic meters of cargo
at 98% loaded. Urals Star has 3 cargo pumps, each SHINKO Centrifugical
with discharge capacity of 9,000 cubic meters per hour. This means
that the whole vessel can be discharged from three points for nearly
5 hours at full speed, which is a fantastic result for such type
of vessel and will decrease the outcomes of the company to minimum.
The ship is equipped also with IGS, CTB and COW, which systems are
innovated in this type of vessels.
date: 15th May, 2008 |
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